William Warden (1777–1849) was a British surgeon in the Royal Navy[1] who published a popular account of his conversations with Napoleon Bonaparte.
In 1795, Warden entered the Royal Navy and was assigned as a surgeon's mate on the frigate Melpomene.
In 1797, Warden became involved in a sailor mutiny on several fleet ships that were anchored at the Nore in the Thames River.
In 1815, Warden was assigned to the ship of the line HMS Northumberland as it transported Bonaparte to his exile on St. Helena Island.
The Admiralty treated Warden book as a breach of discipline and removed him from the list of ship surgeons in the fleet.